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E. J. NORTON.

HOSE NOZZLE.

No. 505,952. PatentedOoLS, 1893.

. UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. NORTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIM SELF ANDWILLIAM H. SHAW, OF SAME PLACE.

HOSE-NOZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,952, dated October3, 1893.

Application filed April 17, 1893. Serial No. 70,614. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. NORTON, a citizen of the United States,residingat Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented an Improvement in Hose- Nozzles, of which the following is aspecification.

This improvement is especially intended for the use of firemen in theextinguishment of fires where there is an opportunity to pass a hosenozzle through a hole in the floor, ceiling or wall of a building. Themain hose is connected with a bend at the end of which is a nozzle witha bent end, the two parts being united by a coupling that allows thenozzle to be rotated, and upon the nozzle handles are provided so thatafter the nozzle has been passed through the hole in the floor orceiling the nozzle can be held by the handles and the stream can bedirected to any desired point where the fire may be raging by rotatingor turning the nozzle by the action of the handles.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the nozzle with thecoupling and bend, and Fig. 2 is a view of the nozzle and handles atright angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, is a section in larger size.

The hose pipe A is coupled to the bend or elbow B in any usual manner,and upon this bend or elbow B there are handles at O by which the weightof the hose can be sustained either by the firemen or by straps or hooksto a ladder, as often employed, and the discharge nozzle D is made withabend at 2 so that th discharge of the wateris at an obtuse or righangle to the body of the nozzle, and this nozzle D is united to theelbow B by a union or coupling E that allows the flange at the end ofthe nozzle D to be rotated within the union and at the same time thejoint is water-tight.

Upon the body of the nozzle D there are projecting lugs 4 receiving thehinged handles G, which handles are made with stop joints so that theycan be turned down parallel with the nozzle or turned up against thestop at right angles to such nozzle, and thereby the nozzle can be heldby one or two men, the weight sustained, the nozzle rotated so that thedischarge is in any desired direction, or it can be tipped more or lessas required,

the flexibility of the hose Aallowing for this tipping operation. Pins 5may be provided for securing the handle when swung out.

This improvement is of great advantage in extinguishing fires,especially in cellars where a hole can be made through a floor for theinsertion of the nozzle without being obliged to pass down into thecellar or basement, and by rotating and tipping the nozzle water can bedirected against the under side of the floor so as to extinguish thefire adjacent to the hole, and then extend the action of the water tothe more remote portions of such cellar or basement, and the nozzle canalso be used by passing itup through a ceiling or through a side wall orpartition.

I do not claim a curved nozzle. Neither do I claim swinging handles forsupporting the nozzle, nor do I claim a union or coupling that allowsone part to'be rotated in relation to the other, as these devices arewell known.

The sliding ring I is around the nozzle and provided with eyes atopposite sides so as to be slipped over the ends of the handles to keepthem in position when not in use.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with the hose and the elbowand its coupling, of a discharge nozzle having a curved end at an angleto the body of the nozzle, a union for coupling the elbow and the nozzletogether and for allowing the rotation of the nozzle, and lever handles0on nected with the nozzle for holding and directjng the same,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the hose nozzle havinga discharge end at anangle to the body of the nozzle, of handles connected with the nozzleand provided with stop joints by which they are sustained when at rightangles to the nozzle and upon which the handles can be folded downparallel with the nozzle, an e1- bow and a union coupling between thenozzle and the elbow, and a coupling and hose connected with the elbow,substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 3d day of April, 1893.

E. J. NORTON.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA HORROCKS, WM. H. SHEPPARD.

